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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Warning To The Scribe

The person frequently posting on area blogs as "Scribe" has crossed the line into what we attorneys call "defamation" and make no mistake--it is actionable. The individual, angered by being outed by the IndyUndercover blog, has posted false, malicious and defamatory material on a blog claiming, among other things, that I am the person who writes the blog IndyUndercover, and that I am a person who frequently posts under the name "GaryJ". Everything in this published post is completely false. Consider youself, "Scribe", put on notice to immediately retract this false, malicious and defamatory information you made up out of whole cloth. I will not hesitate to take legal action against you.

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This Scribe guy is really sick, Gary. I've been following his comments on the blogs for awhile now. Anyone with half a brain would know you weren't either GaryJ or IndyU, particuarly since many people know who GaryJ is. What a joke this guy has become. I understand your frustration. People simply can't make up anything they want about people and publish it on the worldwide Internet.

Kenn, I don't think you would be singing that song if the shoe were on the other foot and you were being falsely attributed with writing voluminous information posted on the worldwide Internet, which could have serious professional repercussions.

This is pretty discouraging, please, let us get back to the reason many of us have started these blogs. We can't let something so petty bring us all down, take the high road, even though the other hasn't. You'll be a better man for it, and we all know you're a good person!

LEO supporter, I appreciate what you're saying, but I accept full responsibility for what I write on my blog. I don't blog anonymously. Others choose to do otherwise and that's their right, but there are limits. I will not sit by and watch someone falsely accuse me of writing an entirely different blog than Advance Indiana and posting comments all over the Internet under another name, neither of which I had any part, and which often express opinions which may be at odds with my own beliefs.

Indyernie knows who garyj is, as does Wilson Allen, I believe that Gary Welsh does alo, as does the true writer of IndyUndercover.Thanks for posting the warning, AI. I just looked at "the scribe" as a "wannabe".

anon 7:05, Others commit petty crimes or worse to get attention. There are consequences for such actions. You cannot simply make up malicious lies about people and publish it on the worldwide Internet without suffering the repercussions. This fellow is going to learn that lesson the hard way.

Kenn Gividen, you should be ashamed of yourself. I'm sorry I wasted a vote on you. And Mark Rutherford, Andy Horning and you other fellow Libertarians, where are you? Are you going to sit by and say nothing about the atrocious action of your fellow Libertarian?

I'm a Libertarian. Have been for many years. I'm not sure who you're accusing of being a bigot or a liar, but I know such allegations are commonly used to defame decent people who don't deserve the hate.

Funny as hell. Now he's saying that my name is chuck whitman, and calling me a mechanic.So, lets get this straight.I'm a lawyer, electrician, mechanic, blogger, politican?Man, am I busy!!!!!Gotta go now, I have to fix some legally electrical problems in an automobile!!

I was the Libertarian Party's candidate for Secretary of State in 2006, and proudly worked with the gay community to fight SJR-7. Homestly, I don't know what all of this is about, but I'll be sure to check it out.

I think you will find that the vast majority of Libertarians adhere to the simple principle, "you have the right to live your life your way". I certainly do.

I've been somewhat puzzled by Kenn's blogging near obsession with all things gay over the last half-year or so. I suspect that when he left the Libertarian Party, it was so that he could go in this direction, diverging from Libertarian orthodoxy.

Did you catch this post from Kenn Gividen? He has since removed it from his site...

Answers for Gary from endiana.com by Endiana.comAnswer to first question:

"Forked tongue" is a phrase that means "liar" or "to make false promises or to speak in a way which is not honest." [source] My opinion is that you should refrain from using the term, partiularly in a public post.

Consider these two points:

• Don't demean others. Calling someone a liar in public could be construed as "defamation" and may be actionable, particularly if it's not true. Check with your attorney for potential liability.

• Don't lower yourself. Name calling hurts you as well. It makes you look small and insecure.

Answer to second question:

If a perceived "friend" of your adversary offers to mediate, I see no reason why you would not welcome the opportunity to resolve the conflict, particularly if your adversary's "friend" is honest in his desire to reach a solution. You may be pleasantly surprised to discover your opponent's "friend" is your friend as well.

The Scribe had the courage to accomodate your request. Why don't you have the character to do the same? You seem hell-bent on demeaning anyone who dares disagree with you but go into a rage when your character is questioned. Seems inconsistent, eh?

The truth is that only the few of you who write these blogs and apparently read and write on each other's blogs really care who GaryJ or IndyU or The Scribe are. You all take yourselves far too seriously.

I knew Jacob Perry pretty well. I had thought of him as a friend and I paid him out of my own pocket when I had no money to do that.But humans are complicated. Don't judge all Libertarians by one comment from Kenn or a bunch of nonsense from Jacob.Jacob turned on me with vindictiveness I cannot understand at all. He's been talking trash about me for a couple of years now.I don't get it. Nothing like that had ever happened to me before.But like I said, humans are complicated, and politics is freakish wierd.Can't we all just get along?No...if we could we wouldn't tolerate politics.Right?

Oh, and by the way; I have been called both a "gay basher" and a "gay sympathizer" because we humans too often resolve down to a bumper sticker what should be a longer thought.I found this site because I happened across a bunch of nasty remarks about me and thought I'd track down a few.But what I find here is a bunch of intelligent folks who (only a little) fall into the digital age pitfall of easy, quick communication.-Quick judgments, hasty statements and regrettable consequences.Let's all try to do better.I'll see if I can get in touch with Jacob and heal some damage we've done.

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